JOHN HANCOCK (1737 - 1793) American Revolutionary politician and first signer of the Declaration of Independence, President of the Continental Congress and two-time Governor of Massachusetts. D.S. "John Hancock" as Governor of Massachusetts, 3pp. legal folio, Boston,Sep. 16, 1790, an order that one Ebenezer Thayer, Jr. and others assessand tax owners of a 400 acres tract of land between the Cochato and Moore rivers for improvements contemplated for the land, largely draining, ditching and otherwise making the plot suitable for building Boldly signed on the first page beneath the state seal, some slight toning and wear with a dime-sized hole on last page not affecting text and easily filled. Suitable for framing.